Welfare Checks: What to Do If You Fear Someone Is in Trouble
Worried about someone who has disappeared online or sent an unusual message? Learn when to request a UK welfare check, even without their address.
Accessible Business Planning for Entrepreneurs Who Need Flexible, Low-Strain Systems
For freelancers, shop owners, and first-time founders who are entrepreneurs with disabilities, business planning often feels like trying to build a sturdy shelf with the wrong tools. Most mainstream templates and hustle-first advice are inaccessible planning methods that assume unlimited focus, steady energy, and long work blocks, which can create real physical and cognitive strain.
Crown Immunity, Prison Deaths and Human Rights
What is Crown immunity and why has solicitor Aamer Anwar called for it to be lifted following prison deaths? We examine the deaths of Katie Allan and William Lindsay, section 48 of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974, Crown Censure, Article 2 human rights and accountability for deaths in custody.
Disability-Based Violence: Why Global Concern Is Growing as the UN CRPD Develops New Guidelines
Disability-based violence is receiving growing international attention as the UN CRPD develops new guidelines to identify and address violence, abuse, exploitation, neglect, institutional harm and barriers to justice affecting disabled people worldwide.
5 Tips for Managing a Business and Chronic Pain
Learn how to run a successful business while also managing chronic pain and disability.
A Guide to Avoiding Early Pitfalls and Scaling Your Electronics Manufacturing Startup
For disabled entrepreneurs, starting and scaling a business can offer far more than the opportunity to generate income; it can provide greater independence, flexibility and control over how, when and where work is carried out. The electronics manufacturing sector may appear highly technical or traditionally associated with physical production environments, but modern entrepreneurship does not necessarily require a founder to be present on a factory floor every day.
Children, AI Chatbots and Mental Health: Why the UK Government Is Planning Stronger Protections
UK plans tougher safeguards for children using AI chatbots and mental-health advice. Explore AI risks, benefits, accuracy, regulation and human support. The regulatory position surrounding artificial intelligence is developing rapidly. References to UK Government proposals in this article reflect information available as of 9 August 2026 and may change as legislation, regulations and guidance develop.
How to Make Your Retail Store More Accessible and Welcoming for All
For local store owners, regional retail managers, and eCommerce operators, accessibility can feel like a moving target, especially when storefront standards and digital experiences don’t line up.
Animal Cruelty, Postal Workers and Vicious Dogs
Animal cruelty, dangerous dogs and postal-worker safety: UK laws, proportionate self-defence, prevention, reporting, sentencing and parole concerns. This article discusses animal injury and death, which some readers may find distressing. Where a reported incident remains under investigation, allegations should not be treated as proof of criminal guilt unless and until determined by a court.
How Entrepreneurs with Disabilities Can Launch Senior Support Businesses in the UK
For entrepreneurs with disabilities who want to run a viable local service business, the UK’s ageing population is creating steady demand that many communities still struggle to meet. The tension is real: senior support is often designed without lived experience of access needs, while disabled founders can face barriers in starting and being taken seriously.